TweetHere’s a video from the Moksha gig on Friday at Las Vegas Country Saloon. This is from Christian McBride’s “Technicolor Nightmare.” Jen Hartswick’s on trumpet, Peter Apfelbaum and Skerik are on tenor, and I’m playing bari. Enjoy!
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By Eddie Rich
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Also posted in Bands, Live Music
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Tagged Brian Triola, Eddie Rich, jam band, Jen Hartswick, Jeremy Parks, John Heishman, Las Vegas, Moksha, Pat Gray, Peter Apfelbaum, Sam Lemos, Skerik
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Tweet This video is taken from the 2011 Commencement at the Juilliard School in New York. The speaker was composer John Adams. He speaks very eloquently about the role of arts in today’s society as well as the divergent path we choose as artists. His words are uplifting and a reminder of why we do [...]
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Tweet This is a perfect example of many players using the same piece of vocabulary in a variety of contexts. It’s almost like a study in musical linguistics.
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By Eddie Rich
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Also posted in tools
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Tagged Branford Marsalis, Dexter Gordon, Donald Harrison, Eric Alexander, Firebird, jazz vocabulary, John Coltrane, Michael Brecker, Rick Margitza, Stravinsky, The Lick
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Tweet While browsing youtube the other day, I came across a video of saxophones being made at the Keilwerth factory. I am a geek of the highest order when it comes to this kind of stuff and could watch it for hours. This, of course, meant that I looked up other videos and I want [...]
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By Eddie Rich
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Also posted in Technology
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Tagged Brannen, Buffet, clarinet, factory, flute, Haynes, how it's made, Keilwerth, Leblanc, manufacture, Powell, Saxophone, Selmer, videos, woodwinds, Yamaha, Yanagisawa, youtube
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Tweet One of the really cool things about the saxophone is that many musicians have been able to play it within many different musical traditions. Kadri Gopalnath is one of those saxophonists who pushed boundaries and made the saxophone a legitimate instrument in a tradition that is hundreds of years old. Carnatic music is the [...]
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Tweet I purchased one of these a few months ago from Flute World for about $30 and have had nice success for myself and working with students. You can use it as a standalone product, but it also fits into the body of the flute so you can work on your airstream while simulating other [...]
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TweetHere’s a video of one of the great flute players/teachers, Robert Dick. Some of the information is flute specific, but the mechanics of breathing that Dick describes can apply to everyone. I found the part about opening the ribcage intriguing and I want to spend some time with that.
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Tweet Two masters making some great music!
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